If my parents wanted me to be more religious, they should’ve made me a D1 athlete.

PEN should’ve just taken the DUB

It’s the last workshops of the semester which means my students are presenting their final chapbooks which means I get them Dunkin Donuts which means I get to treat myself to my yearly donut as well!

Wow. Cynthia and Ariana really did that!

Shoutout to the Tufts’ students protesting outside right now on this cold, rainy day! They’re chanting different iterations of “Free Palestine” while the lead drummer of the march is going wild on the beat! 🎶

Love is a story we never tire of telling… Love lives in many rooms. ––Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social), from Something About Living

The NEA rejection is comforting to me (lol) it’s nice that once I officially age out of applying to the Ruth Lily (though I didn’t apply the last time) that there will be something to try my shot at for the rest of my life until I’m 119 years old! I’ll never get bored!

Going to start advertising my workshop classes by creating hermit crab type poems comprised of funny one-lined reviews.

Started this starter pack for writers and will add as I go: go.bsky.app/Mbr9ZNS

Hello to this new app from me and Mr.Cuddles (the cat who lives on my street and greets me some mornings)!